Current Vacancies

The Galway Hospice Governed Services has a long history of providing high quality specialist palliative care services to adults and children with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses throughout Galway city and county, and on the adjoining islands.   As a Section 38 organisation our terms and conditions, such as salaries, etc. are closely aligned with the HSE.

Based in Galway, the Bereavement Support Services Co-ordinator (BSSC) has specific responsibility over the Bereavement Support Service and all its core functions provided by the Medical Social Work team. The BSSC has responsibility for screening and assessing bereavement referrals, therapeutic counselling support, group facilitation, management of the bereavement volunteer service and delivers education and training to the wider organisation.

Areas of expertise will include assessment skills, counselling skills, child and family work, grief and loss informed practice. The BSSC will work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary (MDT) to ensure bereavement after care is developed and organised around the needs of carers and families and will act as a resource person for all members of the MDT.

Candidates will:

• Possess the NQSW and registration of CORU
• Minimum of 3 years post qualification experience, with at least two years as a Medical Social Worker with relevant experience in grief and loss.
• Understanding of specialist palliative care and models of bereavement
• To develop and implement bereavement care pathways based on specific needs of the bereaved
• Demonstrate excellent skills in supervision and leadership
• Demonstrate initiative and innovation in service development and improvement.
• Demonstrate skill in organising and planning
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Clean Full Driver’s Licence
• Intermediate level IT skills

Closing date for receipt of all applications is 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday 18^th June and Interviews scheduled for w/c 23^rd June 2025

Informal enquiries can be made by telephoning Caroline Quinn/Aisling Kearney, Principal Medical Social Workers on 091-770868 or by email at cquinn@galwayhospice.ie / akearney@galwayhospice.ie .

Please contact Ann Dolan, Director of HR adolan@galwayhospice.ie for a detailed job description and Application Form

At Galway Hospice we believe in making every moment matter.  Our team, made up of full-time, part-time & locum professionals, delivers care that truly makes a difference.

As a newly designated Section 38 organisation, we are not just offering a job but a rewarding & fulfilling career.

The successful candidate will help to ensure that a caring environment is achieved within the In Patient Unit (IPU), contributing to the highest possible quality of nursing care.   Candidates will have:

(i)        Registration in General Nursing with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI

(ii)       12-18 months post graduate experience.

(iii)      Experience in palliative care/oncology setting desirable but not essential.

(iv)      Ideally, a P Dip in Palliative care (or similar e.g. Oncology, Haematology, Gerontology) or a  willingness to undertake same post probationary period.

(v)       Other relevant experience will be considered.

(vi)      A commitment to multidisciplinary teamwork

(vii)     Possess well developed interpersonal and effective organisational skills suited to the ethos and environment of a Hospice setting.

Informal enquiries can be made by telephoning Ms. Mairead Carr, or by email at mcarr@galwayhospice.ie

Please download the Job Description and Application Form, and send the completed form to Judy Tierney, HR Business Advisor, at jtierney@galwayhospice.ie.

The Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer